Vikings have most affordable preseason ticket

John Holler

07/10/2014

The Vikings’ move into TCF Bank Stadium will be an affordable ticket for those wanting to see outdoor preseason football.

When it comes to regular season games and the postseason, there is a high demand for NFL tickets. Websites like Stub Hub make millions of dollars every year buying and re-selling tickets for NFL games. But when it comes to the preseason games, tickets are available for pennies on the dollar.

While the Vikings have been an exception in terms of getting fans to come to preseason games, many NFL stadiums are half-filled when winning and losing doesn’t count in the final standings. No doubt the move into TCF Bank Stadium will increase interest in fan attendance for preseason games, since the Vikings haven’t played a home preseason game outdoors in more than 30 years.

But the best news for Vikings fans is that their fans will be able to get inside the stadium cheaper than any other fans in the NFL.

When it comes to regular season ticket prices, the Vikings are in the middle of the pack, but when it comes to the preseason at TCF Bank Stadium, the Vikings have the lowest average price for a ticket in the league – by a pretty wide margin.

The average price for the Raiders and Cardinals games at The Bank will be just $27, which is well below the average of the next lowest teams – the Cleveland Browns ($32.71) and the Buffalo Bills ($32.94).

While preseason games are often a hard sell for even hard-core fans, the Vikings will have two important factors going in their favor when it comes to packing The Bank during their two preseason games. First, they have the cheapest ticket prices in the NFL. Second, fans who want the outdoor football experience are only going to have 20 opportunities (barring home playoff games) before the Vikings move into their permanent indoor home.

The combination of those two could easily result in sellouts at TCF in the preseason and give fans who may not be able to see regular season or postseason games during the next two years the opportunity to be a part of a short-lived experience that a lot of fans will be able to say they did at least once in their lifetime.

Welcome to outdoor football, Vikings fans. And, for those who want to see it in August, you can do so on the cheap.

The mammoth Terex CC6800 crawler crane that will be a fixture on the Minneapolis skyline for the next two years went through its first tests Wednesday, being raised and lowered several times. The crane will be used to install the highest and largest pieces for the new Vikings stadium.